Diabetes

By Tongusar

  • Thomas Willis

    Thomas Willis
    Thomas Willis first noted the sweet smell of urine and diabetes.

  • John Rollo

    John Rollo
    John Rollo, Surgeon-General to the Royal Artillery, treated a patient by dietary restriction.

  • Claude Bernard

    Claude Bernard
    Claude Bernard discovered that the liver stored glycogen and secreted a sugary substance (glucose) into the blood. He assumed that it caused the diabetes. He later found out that when he messed with the brain stem, he caused temporary diabetes.

  • Von Mering

    Von Mering
    Von Mering found that when one removes ones pancreas, they have diabetes.

  • Fredrick Banting

    Fredrick Banting
    Fredrick Banting discovered insulin and tested it one dogs.

  • Patient 1

    A 14-year-old boy became the first human patient to receive insulin made by Banting and Best. However, this failed and was given a purified injection developed by Collip later that month.

  • Lente Insulin

    Lente Insulin
    Lente insulin was introduced.

  • Solomon Berson and Rosalind Yalow

    Solomon Berson and Rosalind Yalow
    The scientific investigation of diabetes was improved by the technique of immunoassay by Solomon Berson and Rosalind Yalow.